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Monday, 5/19/08- 5/21/08 Last Week of School

Classwork:  Students started the Animal Kingdom Project!  Students are completing a Animal Chart on an Animal Kingdom Phyla.  The Animal Groups include: Sponges, Cnidarians, Fish, Flatworms, Roundworms, Echinoderms and Mollusks.  Students will present their research about one of these groups to their classmates in a teaching format.  Students will be graded on interesting facts, descriptive characteristics of the animal group, visuals and overall presentation. 

This is a project/test grade.  The project is due on Wednesday!

Homework:  Students are to gather research notes to complete their Animal Chart.  Students are to work on their contribution to their group animal project.  Their contribution includes interesting facts, visuals/models/real animals, handouts, brochures.

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Monday, 5/5/08

Classwork:  Students continued their study of caves, via 'Planet Earth' series.  Students are recording the populations, interaction (predation, competition, symbiosis) and climate found in the Caves Habitat.

Homework:  Students will bring supplies in to class to use while creating a caves tattoo or body art.

Tuesday, 5/6/08

Classwork:Students worked on their caves tattoo - Download tattoo20or20body20art1.doc ;
Students will need to consider the rubric Download 100_point_scoring_rubric.doc

Homework: Students will complete the tattoo and the paragraphs to describe your picture.
PARENTS IF PERFORMING BAND STUDENTS HAVE ANY DIFFICULTIES PLEASE SEND A NOTE EXPLAINING ANY DIFFICULTIES.

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Monday, 4/21/08
Classwork:  Students reviewed Biomes with their Biome Chart.  This chart sheet will be collected on Tuesday and thoroughout this week.
Homework:  Relationship in the Ecosystem Worksheet

Tuesday, 4/22/08
Classwork:  CRCT Review.
Homework:  Prepare for the CRCT

Wednesday, 4/23/08
Classwork:  CRCT Review
Homework:  Prepare for the CRCT

Thursday, 4/24/06
Classwork:  CRCT Review
Homework:  Rest and Prepare for the CRCT

Download march2006scienceprocess.doc

Friday, 2/25/08

Bring in a completed CRCT TEST with more than 20 questions and recieve bonus points on your lowest quiz..

am excited to see how you will do on the Science CRCT. I believe you all can do it and I think with practice and studying

Practice the CRCT using the following:
Download crct_practice_test.doc

Download crct_solutions.doc

Download ecology_test.doc

Download sciencetest1.htm

Download symbiosis_handout_crct_review.doc

Download organismscrct.mshtml.doc

https://www.georgiaoas.org/

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Welcome Back from Spring Break!!

Monday, 4/14/08

Classwork:  Class discussion on population size as students read pgs. 695 - 700, Bold-faced words were highlighted
Homework - Section Review pg. 700, # 1- 5

Tuesday, 4/15/08:

Classwork:  Class Activity: Random Sampling
Homework:  Complete any unfinished Analysis Question from the Activity 'Random Sampling'

Wednesday, 4/16/08

Claswork:  Students analyzed graphs and discussed how organisms interact, pgs. 703 - 710
Homework:  Section Review pg. 710, # 1- 5

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Monday, March 30, 2008

Literacy: 
Fact Sheet  Download fact_sheets_guide.doc

Trackstar link- use Key Word Search http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/;jsessionid=20A608AB1D6492E7416A54AA29046544

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Classwork:  Guided Reading Workbook pages are checked and discussed
Homework:  Virus Handout

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Classwork:  Students reviewed viruses and bacteria and how the immune system fights these pathogens
Homewrok:  Complete Guided Reading pages 197 - 203

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Monday, March 24, 2008

Classwork:  Reviewed the 6 kingdoms
Homework:  Prepare for the Post-Test on chapter 6 sections 1 & 2 and Chapter 5
                   Complete the Review and Reinforcement Handout titled "The Six kingdoms".

Tuesday, March 25,2008

Classwork: Class Discussion on Bacteria - kindom Archaebacteria and Eubacteria
Homework: Complete Guided Reading pages 62 -65
                  Prepare for the Post-Test on chapter 6 sections 1 & 2 and Chapter 5

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Classwork:  Students completed Chapter 5 and 6 Post Test
Homework:  Complete the Bacteria Review and Reinforcement sheet, front and back
                   Warm-up Sheet due Thursday!

Thursday, March 27, 2008  - Friday, March 28, 2008

Classwork:  Warm-up sheets were collected; Students reviewed Bacteria
Homework:  Complete Guided Reading Pages 65 - 68.

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Monday March 17, 2008

Classwork:  Students completed Guided Reading pgs. 57-61
Assessment: Classification Quiz on 3/21/08,  Friday- covering chapter 6, section 1
                        Chapter 5 and Chapter 6, section 1 Post-Test on Monday, 3/24/08

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Classwork:  Reviewed "Evolving over time - chapter 5"
Assessment: Classification Quiz on 3/21/08,  Friday- covering chapter 6, section 1
                        Chapter 5 and Chapter 6, section 1 Post-Test on Monday, 3/24/08

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Classwork:  Explored Classification, chapter 5,section1

Assessment: Classification Quiz on 3/21/08,  Friday- covering chapter 6, section 1
                        Chapter 5 and Chapter 6, section 1 Post-Test on Monday, 3/24/08

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Monday, March 10,2008

Classwork:  Students completed their organism or bird creations and stories.

STUDENTS -  After completing the Create a Bird or Organism Assignment, complete the following below:
Adaptation
Complete this with a friend and a textbook  http://www.quia.com/cb/163442.html

Adaptation Review Game  http://www.quia.com/rr/244055.html

Concentration, Word Search, Matching  http://www.quia.com/jg/365288.html

Natural Selection Review Quiz - submit your answers and compare with the answer key at the end

http://www.quia.com/quiz/142142.html

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Monday, March 3, 2008
Classwork:  Students submitted Darwin's Voyage and are discuss natural selection and adaptations.  Students completed the Beak Adaptation Activity.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Classwork:  Students continued to discuss and describe examples of natural selection and adaptations.

Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Classwork:  Students focused on the adaptation among Darwin's finches.

Thursday, March 6 2008
Classwork:  Students discussed Natural Selection and their Design an organism or bird activity.

Friday, March 7, 2008
Classwork:  Design an organism activity OR Design a Bird

Trackstar Website

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Monday ,February 25, 2008

Classwork:  Students were introduced to Darwin's travel.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Classwork:  Students read and mapped out Darwin's exploration.

Homework;  Study the Bold-faced terms for Chapter 5, Section 1

Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Classwork:  Students read and mapped out Darwin's exploration.

Homework;  Complete the Bold-faced terms for Chapter 5, Section 2
Complete Chapter 5, Section 1 & 2 Review

Thursday, February 28, 2008
Classwork:  Students have done an excellent job working on their maps of Darwin's voyage. 
Homework:  Complete any of the unfinished Darwin Voyage Assignment.
The following instructions should be completed by Friday:

1. Make a list of the longitude and latitude listings in the correct time sequence.

2. Number them and then place these numbers in the place on the map that corresponds to their longitude and latitude readings.

Label each location on the map with the date he visited
3.  Connect the numbers/date for each entry on your map.
4. When you are finished with your map, you should illustrate it.
Draw small pictures to represent the observations Darwin made as he explored places along his route.   You should have 17 pictures.

–        If you don't have room on your map, you may want to draw the illustrations on an additional sheet of paper and number them to correspond to places on the map.

Use Darwin's Journey Entries to complete the map and drawings Download excerpts_from_charles_darwin.doc

Friday, February 29, 2008
Classwork:  Review Darwin's voyage using student maps and pictures.